The Girl at the Front of the Class

Told with heart and humour, this story of friendship and kindness provides an early conversation starter to the topic of refugees.

A stunning new picture book from Onjali Q. Rauf and Pippa Curnick.

There’s a new girl in my class. She has eyes as wide and as golden as a tiger’s, a face as pale as a glass of milk, and hair as shiny as a mirror. I’d like to be her friend. But she never wants to play with me in the playground or make sandcastles in the sandpit.

The cleverest people I know say that the new girl is sad because she had to leave her home, her family, her school, her toys, her books and all her friends too.

But I’ve got a plan! There’s something I can do to make her feel better when she’s missing everything she’s left behind . . .